Non-refillable bottle.



No. 780,000. 7 PATENTBD JAN. 10, 1905. H. P. HALL.

NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLIGATIOH FILED JUNE 20. 1904.

TJNTTED STATES JPatented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OEEicE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. "780,000, dated January10, 1905.

Application filed June 20, 1904. Serial No, 213,878.

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

' will permit of emptying the bottle, but Will prevent refilling.

1n the drawing forming a portion of this specification there is shown aportion of a bottle embodying the present invention, parts being insection and parts in elevation.

Referring now to the drawing,there is shown a portion of the bottlecomprising a neck, at the outer end of which is a circumscribing flange6, the mouth of the bottle being in the form of a valve-seat 7 toreceive an outwardly-opening ball-valve 8. When the bottle is in erectposition, the ball is in the seat, and to insure proper seating of thevalve a weight 9 is provided and is connected to the ball 8 by means ofa soft wire or cable 10, which is flexible and is of such length thatwhen the valve is in its seat the weight will hang within the body ofthe bottle.

Over the neck of the bottle is passed a tube 11, having latches 12,which engage beneath the flange 6 and prevent withdrawal of the tubefrom the neck of the bottle, the opposite end of the tube being disposedto rest against the shoulders 13 of the bottle-body.

Disposed upon the outer end of the tube 11, which projects beyond theball-valve when the latter is in its seat, is a cap 14, havingperforations 15 through its wall adjacent to its outer end and havingsecured diametrically of its inner end a rod 16, which prevents theballvalve from passing entirely out of the inclosure of the va1ve-seat.The cap is secured to the tube 11 by soldering, and the perforations 15are normally closed with wax. When the bottle is to be emptied, theperforations have the Wax removed therefrom, and the bottle is'thentilted in the usualmanner, at which time the valve moves from its seatand the liquid passes out through the perforation.

What is claimed is- 1. The combination with a bottle including a neckhaving a valve seat in its mouth, of a valve disposed in the seat andadapted to open outwardly of the bottle, a weight disposed within thebody of the bottle, a flexible connection between the weight and thevalve, a cover upon the outer end of the neck inclosing the valve, saidcover having outlet-openings therethrough, and a stop carried by thecover and disposed to prevent movement of the valve entirely from theinclosure of the seat.

2. The combination with a bottle including a neck, having avalve-seat inits mouth, of a valve disposed in the seat and adapted to open outwardlyof the bottle, a weight for holding the valve in its seat, a flexibleconnection between the weight and the valve, the bottleneck having acircumseribing flange, a tube disposed upon the bottleneck, retainingdevices carried by the tube and engaged with the flange, a cap securedto the outer end of the tube and covering the valve at its seat, saidcap having perforations in its wall, and a bar carried by the cap anddisposed for con tact by the valve to prevent movement of the latterfrom the inelosure of its seat.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY P. H ALL.

Witnesses:

JAS. S. Jus'rion, R. F. LEAREY.

